A Winter Mini

I LOVE winter!! The snow is just so pretty!! I love to see the big fluffy snowflakes as the drift softly to the ground. I get so excited when I hear we are getting snow, and when it starts snowing I dance around like a kid in a candy shoppe!! I always hope for lots of snow, after all, I live in Michigan, but we rarely get any 'real' snow. 6 inches is a lot of snow around here, compared to where I grew up, where we would get a foot or two in a good snow. My brother was sweet enough to send me 'real' snow pictures a few weeks ago. Which triggered the idea for a SNOWY mini album.

I was over at YouTube and found the sweetest little mini!! (her etsy store: http://www.etsy.com/shop/awalkintheclouds)
I went to the listed blog and would you believe it, she was selling kits for the album. So I splurged and ordered the kit!!

It was great!! I was so excited to get started!!

It was a disaster!! I promptly ruined the lovely paper that was in the kit. I was so disappointed!! Eventually I forgave myself and started again. I had some great papers I had been saving, and this seemed like a perfect time to use them. I even got to use some of my own stash of embellies in the album!! I was still able to use some of the idea's from the YouTube album, but when it was done, it was mostly a Melody album. I feel good about that!!

I'm praying for more snow, so that I will be able to take pictures to add to it soon!! I have a few of DD ice skating that I plan to put in there as well.

I hope you like my latest mini!! Thanks for stopping by!!

Scrap Space

I love to look at other peoples scrap space!! I love new idea's for storage and convenience!! I really like to having everything in it's place, so when I'm looking for it, I know exactly where to find it!!

Since we did a house shuffle in July, I got a scrap studio!! DD is quite artistic, so we share the space. She has one side of the room, and I have the other!! DH built us a fabulous working area. It is 4'x 6' long. I love having my space to organize and create!!

I have decided that I love the photo boxes that you can by at HL every now and then 3 for $5. They are great for easy storage...and they are less expensive than real 'scrap' storage. Plus they stack super nice!! In my dream world they would all match, but my mom and my sister both have given me some and since they were free, I'm not complaining. (I guess I could always just paint the printed ones.) I also have quite a few plastic shoe boxes that I got at the dollar store. They stack very nice as well.

At the end of the table are 4 drawers. In the top one I have brads. I sort of had a thing for them and have tons now. To store all my brads, besides the very full drawer, I also have 2 close to my heart organizers that are the bomb!! LOVE them!! I use them for the smaller, plain brads.

In the next drawer down, I have chipboard. Printed, plain, naked...chipboard!!

The next drawer is full of chipboard letters...but not thickers. They have there own space in a large plastic box under the table where I can get them without getting up...yes, I'm lazy!!

The bottom drawer has stickers in it. I don't use a lot of stickers, but every once in a while they're are the perfect embellishment!!

I also have an album cabinate. I love it, but already need another one!! I just love to scrap, what else can I say!!

This is where I keep most embellishements!! Rub-ons (which a really don't like or even use), bling, journaling notes, alphabet letters, 3-d embellies, pens, ect. Also some of my adhesive is kept here.

I have a thing for paper. Anyone else have this issue?? I love all the great prints and textures that they have out these days!! I have some storage for my special papers, or ones I have plans to use right away right beside me under the table. This where I keep paper collections and the embellies that match in drawers here too. I also have a drawer just for my scraps in this. I keep my CM shape cutters in one of these drawers as well. I also have paper storage in the closet on fabulous big shelves that DH built me.

I suppose I could keep going with what is where and such, but that could take a while, so I will just say that I love my space, even though it's not a grand as some of seen, and I...we, spend all our time in here. It has become our new family room!! I love that I can be with my family and be creative all at the same time!!

Thanks for stopping by!! If you have questions, please feel free to ask!! Have a GREAT weekend!!

Welcome to my Blog!!

I'm so happy you stopped by!! I have had such fun visiting all my friends blog, that I decieded to take the plunge and do one too!! I'm not sure how well I will keep it up, but I really am going to try to stay on top of this!! It will be fun to have place to share my obsession with paper!!

I would like to offer some kits and completed albums for sale in the near future!!

I'm also dying to give away gifts!! So...to start my blog off with a bang, I will be giving a prize, to say thanks for stopping by!! As soon as I get 10 followers, I will draw a number and the person who's number coincides with the number chosen, will win one of my chunky mini's!! Thanks again for checking out my new blog and become a follower today!! You could win this:

Mini's, Mini's and can you believe it?? MORE MINI'S!!

I'm so loving mini's right now. Thanks to my friend, Henva, I made 24 for her swap. I originally joined her swap to get a couple new idea's for minis for my grandparents. But...I got a whole lot more!! A new found love!! Thanks Henva for getting me started!! I can't wait to get this swap back and see up close and personal all the gorgeous albums that everyone has been making. Of ones I've made, these are a few of my favorites :